MI Developments Inc. Chairman Frank Stronach told the Thoroughbred
Owners of California in a meeting on Monday at Santa Anita Park that he
plans to put in a new surface on the training track at the Arcadia,
California, facility but leave the main track alone.
“That caught us by surprise,” TOC chair Marsha Naify said.
Santa Anita President Ron Charles announced on January 18 that the
current Pro-Ride synthetic surface on the main track would be replaced
at the end of the current meeting on April 18 and said track management
seriously was considering a traditional dirt surface.
What is going to happen now is anybody’s guess.
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